#BRAINSTORMING

[addicted2wasps]

I've been trying out something new lately and that's drawing my friends and family as wasps participating in their favourite hobbies.

The first one is of my friend who is a field mycologist (study of mushrooms). Megarhyssa happens to be his favourite wasp.

The second one is of another friend who is very enthusiastic about soccer. The little device on the antenna is a cochlear implant. I chose Ectemnius for him because he inspired a square-headed wasp themed comic for my book and thought of the caption!

[thechekhov]

I've had this little idea in my head for a while now, so I decided to sit down and plot it out.

Disclaimer: This isn't meant to be some sort of One-Worksheet-Fits-All situation. This is meant to be a visual representation of some type of story planning you could be doing in order to develop a plot!

Lay down groundwork! (Backstory integral to the beginning of your story.) Build hinges. (Events that hinge on other events and fall down like dominoes) Suspend structures. (Withhold just enough information to make the reader curious, and keep them guessing.)

And hey, is this helps... maybe sit down and write a story! :)

[uwudonoodle]

[ghost-bxrd]

*rubs hands together, slams palms on table*

Okay, you guys heard of “Jason inherited the adoption problem and now Tim is baby”, now get ready for…

Reverse!Robins, where Jason tries to steal from newly minted crime lord Tim and gets flash adopted before Batman can claim another one for his child soldier team!

[thedesertdove]

[edenspoem]

love the idea of trashy american on-the-run punk ellie.. smoking in diners, cutting up the back of t-shirts, fucking her own mullet up, sneaking onto properties, stealing from the rich, banging the wheel of her impala on-beat to her cassette collection, breaking down on route 66, taking her fresh-faced nieces and nephews to arcades (and babysitting them in her poster-centric trailer), meeting the girl of her nightmares at a garage gig. seriously, you haunt her like a seemingly vacant music store; so out of her budget but so in with her impulses, strumming you when no one's looking. at least now she isn't smoking alone <3

[yyprompts]

🌙💙🤍

more unique settings for stories! (pt.2)

A butterfly farm covered in lilac mist.

In an empty concert bathroom with music booming outside from the concert.

In a store that specializes in mirrors and hangs them everywhere, so all you can see is yourself.

On the school rooftop where no one is supposed to go during class time, but isn't patrolled.

At the convenience store down the street in the middle of the night.

In a sober living home in the middle of a run-down neighborhood.

In a mysterious white palace in the heart of a nation that people refuse to explore because it's rumored to be haunted.

In the middle of the little dipper (lol).

On the seafloor, in a literal forest of seaweed.

On an empty cargo ship that's finished unloading for the night but isn't about to sail back for a while

A world in which everything is perceived in a specific color palette (ex. grayscale).

The hollow secret inside of a huge mermaid sculpture an artist made thousands of years ago.

On a beach overcome with baby hermit crabs.

The strangely pretty yet decaying palace in the kingdom of the undead.

In a pharmaceutical manufacturing facility during active hours.

[moss-covered-thoughts]

WAIT WAIT WAIT WAIT WAIT GUYS

Ok so we've all seen streamer Danny before right? Well I've been spinning in CIRCLES trying to think of a plot for a new fic for Danny/Jason ok. I announced in my last chap that I wasn't gonna go ship route for my current fic (decided with the help of some comments) and i was like damn j wanna write another ship fic thogjh. But I had Zero ideas for plot

Well. I've been watching videos of streamers playing horror games, particular dinosaur horror which never knew was a thing? But they're so funny. And it got me thinking about Danny playing them but every time he gets jumped scared he unleashed unholy screams and eyes goin green and shit, just off the walls very nonhuman reactions.

Kiiiiinda wondering if I could take it from there (⁠｢⁠`⁠･⁠ω⁠･⁠)⁠｢

Part of the reason I didn't wanna do dead on main for my current fic was the difference in tone I have in mind. No questions asked is very serious, focused on trauma and found family. But I have silly shinnanigans in mind for Danny/Jason stuff so maybe???

I'll need to do some more thinkin on it

If anyone has ideas for a fun dead on main fic feel free to let me know ahahaa

[ryuulovur]

Magazine covers for an Akutagawa model AU I'm working on...

[miraculouslbcnreactions]

I think it's interesting that the shows problem of "marinette can and will do everything herself unless we decide to f her over" is clear pretty early, but esp in Reflekdoll back in s3... hell it worsened the problem of "cn is kind of a useless teammate" by making him start the ep interfering w lb and spending the rest of it actively struggling.

From what I understand when most shows do some form of "role swap" where the characters were previously dissing each other's roles, both characters in the swap are shown to struggle.

Reflekdoll, on rewatch, doesn't do that. Except I can't really think of a clear way to make Marinette struggle with the role of CN unless it's in her struggling to step back and let others do the work, which she can't do in the context of that episode since she spends all of it making sure Adrien doesn't F Up.

So if we redid reflekdoll to be a swap with a struggle on both sides, how could it be done?

Trope Overview

The power-swap trope is all about learning to appreciate someone else's point of view. That can include the struggles they face, but that's not a requirement. One of the best power swap episodes out there is the Teen Titans episode Switched in which the characters Starfire and Raven switch bodies. This is a problem because Starfire's powers are all about feeling and embracing emotions while Raven's powers are all about controlling and repressing emotions as you can see from this clip that takes place right after the switch:

There is no failed fight to kick this episode off. The girls already fought well together. They don't need to understand each other's powers to be functional teammates. Understanding each other's powers just lets them be better friends and lets the audience get a deeper understanding of the two characters which is exactly what this trope is supposed to do.

Miraculous

Unlike Teen Titans, Miraculous failed the role-switch trope assignment. Adrien kind of learns a lesson in Reflekdoll, but it doesn't change his behavior in other episodes so it's hard to say that this moment of awareness did anything useful for his character. There's also the problem that Marinette learns nothing as we can see here:

Mister Bug: (looks around, trying to figure out how to use his Lucky Charm) Okay, I admit it. It's not easy being a super Ladybug. Lady Noire: (keeping Reflekdoll occupied) And I admit that I like wearing your costume. It's a lot lighter on the shoulders. (They hide behind a chimney)

And here:

Mister Bug: Honestly, I understand why you never have any time to make jokes, m'lady. Lady Noire: We both have our roles, huh Bugaboy? (They jump into separate alleyways.)

This highlights the exact issue anon brought up in their ask: if Adrien continues to joke around and be dismissive of how rough Ladybug has it, then what was the point of all this? if Marinette has nothing to learn, then does Chat Noir even matter? And is there a way to fix this episode to remove those issues?

To be frank, a true fix requires massive rewrites to the entire show because this episode is highlighting an actual issue with the writing. Chat Noir has not been given a clear or important role and he often doesn't take fights seriously enough as we once again see just five episodes later in Oblivio when Chat Noir's flirting and laidback attitude get them hit by the day's akuma:

Nadja:(from a helicopter) Looks like Ladybug and Cat Noir are struggling today. (Ladybug is rapidly spinning her yo-yo to deflect Oblivio's blasts while Cat Noir sits down casually.) Ladybug: And stop calling us a couple!

This means that there's not great option for what Ladybug needs to learn from Chat Noir. The best small change I can come up with is to have her struggle to fight Reflekdoll solo, helping her apricate her partner's fighting and distraction skills. That's no where near the level of lesson Adrien is learning since Ladybug already apricates those skills, but at least it's something.

You could also go the route of having her learn to have more fun, but that's not a great lesson for a superhero charged with defending the city. The fun lesson that would have actual depth is a body switch one where Marinette learns Chat Noir's identity and sees Adrien's life first hand, helping her understand why Chat Noir is so big on having fun. It wouldn't make his actions okay, but it could lead Marinette to better understand his needs so they take time to have fun out of battle. He becomes more serious in fights and she becomes more fun out of them. But then we have identity reveals and canon won't allow that so, while this is the best fix for canon as-is, it's not really one that canon could actually do.

While were on the topic, I'll note that there actually is a fix-it fic for Reflekdoll over on AO3 that you might enjoy. It stays pretty true to the episode, but does a better job of actually letting Adrien learn his lesson while also letting Marinette acknowledge her faults in the episode because she wasn't exactly perfect here. I don't think it solves the issues we were talking about above, but I do think this is probably the best canon could have done without major rewrites and/or an identity reveal.

In an ideal world where the show is fully rebooted and our leads both feel like vital parts of the team, this episode probably would have been something similar to the Teen Titans episode I discussed above. Ladybug and Chat Noir already canonically respect each other's skills, so it's hard to see the need for a lesson around that topic. It would be far more interesting to have an episode on Creation vs Destruction where we learn why Adrien is the best black cat and why Marinette is the best ladybug. An episode where Adrien can't figure out the lucky charm and where Marinette can't control cataclysms because it requires skills that she doesn't have like strong self control and focus. (No, Adrien doesn't really have those in canon, but they are the traits that should define a Destruction wielder. I will die on that hill.)

This new version of the episode wouldn't be about resolving a conflict so much as it would be about helping these two - and the audience - appreciate how they're the only ones who can do what they do.

[yamujiburo]

Jessie and Delia Proposal #1

It’s been a bit over a year or so into Jessie and Delia’s relationship. They’ve lived together for a while, Jessie’s still studying to be a nurse, they’ve gone on a journey together and are very much in love. Jessie is a massive romantic. However, I don’t think she’s ever seen a healthy or realistic marriage in real life and most of what she knows is from TV or movies. People fall in love hard and fast and if their love is strong enough, surely they should just get married as soon as possible! In “A Fork in the Road! A Parting of the Ways!” Jessie falls in love with a doctor and within a day is convinced that they’ll get married right after she confesses her love to him. So in this situation with Delia, where they’ve actively been dating for quite some time, Delia has no other love interests and Jessie’s been getting along well with Ash, getting married to Delia is a no brainer. A proposal is in order! How could Delia say no?

Jessie doesn’t quite have the funds yet so she buys a humble ring, vowing to get a proper one someday once she’s a full fledged Pokémon nurse. She decorates the back yard, gets just… SO MANY flowers, leaving petals leading to the yard for when Delia gets back from work. Delia loves the romantic gestures and copious amounts of flowers but is caught completely off guard when Jessie gets down on one knee. At first, all she can muster is a “no”. Jessie gets horribly embarrassed and runs back into the house. Delia, who is now also distressed, chases after her, worried that she might’ve just pushed Jessie away for good.

Delia is able to stop her girlfriend and sit her down to talk in their bedroom. Jessie is worried that Delia doesn’t love her. When two people love each other, they’re supposed to get married right? Delia reassures Jessie that she loves her deeply, but also lets her know marriage is a huge step (and something that should be discussed before a proposal). She tells Jessie about she and Ash’s father started dating, got married and had Ash all within a year. They moved too quickly and things didn’t work out. She conveys to Jessie that she’s not ready to be married again, but would be one day. She needs more time and is excited for the both of them to learn a little more about one another each day. Jessie understands and promises to be someone Delia’s proud to marry. Delia appreciates the sentiment and also says that she loves the ring. She tells Jessie to save it for the right moment.

There’s a little awkwardness for a bit afterwards but they get through it. Jessie’s ego is still damaged after this and the cringe experience gets randomly beamed into her brain for a long time. She’s just happy she didn’t tell anyone else (other than Wobbuffet) that she was going to propose before she did.

[littlemarianah]

A fanfic where Katniss is a children's book author and the publisher hired Peeta to do the illustrations for her book. They've never met in person and only exchange emails about how the illustrations should be. They talk for months about the details of the book, then it becomes professional compliments about how the two admire each others work, then they start talking about life and before they know it they're flirting on the corporate email. 😭

[total-convergence]

Xaposting older drawings

Sketches:

Beak brainstorm ↑

Wing brainstorm ↑

[burrotello]

So, if it's a fighting game and Pomni is an agile brawler type, what would the others be? Would Cain and bubble be a zoning duo? All range attacks and building distance with teleports and whatnot

They are all based on brawler types!!

Babbling my little head off about it last night BUT I do plan on characterizing both them and their fighting styles off of their own individual dexterity; examples again being Gangle’s agility, Zooble’s blunt force, etc etc

AND while we’re on the topic of it;

Caine isn’t a boxer! He’s the matchmaker!!

Well, he’s more of Pomni’s contractor and manager, and the primary reason she climbs the ranks as fast as she does; but in no way does that mean he does his job well. He can be,, frustrating

And stupid.

(This man has no clue how money works)

[ghost-bxrd]

ok ok Ghost I had an idea for a Jason au and I had to run it by you. ok so you know the idea of reincarnation, going from one life to another? imagine if Jason reincarnates, but due to a curse or something he always dies at fifteen. every single time no matter what life he always dies at fifteen, never any older or younger. and he has blurry memories of his past lives but not enough to know what's coming for him. and then time travel shenanigans happen or something and Bruce finds about about all this, and when he's transported back to before the joker and everything when he and Jason haven't fallen out yet, he starts scrambling to break the curse somehow

Y E S

Poor Jason, doomed by the narrative. We could even have an older Bruce finding Jason’s reincarnated self and taking him in, hoping to do right by this kid that reminds him so much of his dead son, only to lose him all over again when he turns fifteen and REALIZING ALL THOSE VAGUELY CONCERNING NIGHTMARES AND SLEEPY MUMBLINGS ABOUT DYING AND WEREN’T JUST A TEENAGER’S OVERACTIVE IMAGINATION

The time travel happens, maybe Bruce wakes up inside the body of his younger self, and Jason is just laughing at him because Bruce looks like he’s seen a ghost when he sits down for breakfast (LIKE BRUCE DIDNT CARRY HIM BACK TO THE CAVE BLOODY AND BROKEN YEARS AGO—).

And Bruce knows he should try to get back to his own time, he knows- but instead he calls an emergency meeting with every single Magic user and has every Bat rally around Jason with one firm command of keeping him safe.

The Bats are confused. Jason is annoyed. Bruce is panicking.